A Quebec government-commissioned investigation into the campus climate at Dawson and Vanier colleges is recommending the adoption of a law to “oversee academic freedom in the college system” with the aim of reducing tensions among students.
The report published Friday, after it had first appeared in the Journal de Montréal, found that the principles of secularism are not being followed at both colleges.
It raised several issues linked to student associations and religious accommodations and points to the availability of prayer rooms for fuelling a “climate of radicalization, community withdrawal” and mistrust at the junior colleges (CEGEPs).
